Bl4d3
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Hi all
Currently installing a system at my new house. I'll post some updates as I progress.
System consists of:
1 x LuxPower SNA5000WPV
1 x Cyclone F5 5.12kwh battery
8 x JA Solar 600w Panels
Monitoring with Solar Assistant.
The system is being installed 90% myself with some help from family, mainly to get the panels up.
The system will then be inspected by an installer, any corrections needed will be made, and the system will also be inspected by an electrical engineer so that the sign off can be done with City of Cape Town.
The inverter is being mounted +- 10m from my DB which is in my kitchen.
The above was what I installed before the electrician came through and made some notes on changes I need to do.
The sprague between the DB's and conduit now has joiners.
I've also replaced the PV side conduit with 100mm x 40mm
Sprague has been installed over the battery leads from the fuses to the inverter.
For monitoring, I bought a Solar Assistant license for R899 as I'm not a fan of the LuxPower monitoring.
I purchased a Pi 4 2GB from Pi Shop and will have it set up inside at my office.
This is because the Pi does not need to be plugged in directly to the Inverter as the Luxpower connects to my wifi.
I 3D printed the case using ABS filament using these files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3793664
I opted for a design with the 75mm vesa mount to allow me to mount it under my desk. Eventually I will remake the design to allow me to stack additional Pi's and create a cluster for Home Assistant, Pi Hole, possible a Pi NAS for media management, etc.
One of the down sides of printing with ABS is that if you don't use an enclosure to maintain a high temperature, the print begins to warp due to rapid cooling.
This is with a 100°C print bed and 235°C nozzle temperature, cooling fans off.
As I recently moved in, I've yet to setup my enclosure.
The enclosure traps heat in which allows the print to gradually cool, preventing the print from warping. To try and minimize this further, I printed the Pi case with a 10mm brim to give the case more surface area to stick to the print bed.
The panels are connected as 4 panels per string, 2 strings total.
No wires are touching the roof and fully covered in sprague.
The roof is not in an ideal direction though, facing ENE however I have noticed great output from the panels throughout the day.
There will unfortunately be some partial shading until around 09:45 in Summer on the 2nd string caused by my solar Geyser
Currently installing a system at my new house. I'll post some updates as I progress.
System consists of:
1 x LuxPower SNA5000WPV
1 x Cyclone F5 5.12kwh battery
8 x JA Solar 600w Panels
Monitoring with Solar Assistant.
The system is being installed 90% myself with some help from family, mainly to get the panels up.
The system will then be inspected by an installer, any corrections needed will be made, and the system will also be inspected by an electrical engineer so that the sign off can be done with City of Cape Town.
The inverter is being mounted +- 10m from my DB which is in my kitchen.
The above was what I installed before the electrician came through and made some notes on changes I need to do.
The sprague between the DB's and conduit now has joiners.
I've also replaced the PV side conduit with 100mm x 40mm
Sprague has been installed over the battery leads from the fuses to the inverter.
For monitoring, I bought a Solar Assistant license for R899 as I'm not a fan of the LuxPower monitoring.
I purchased a Pi 4 2GB from Pi Shop and will have it set up inside at my office.
This is because the Pi does not need to be plugged in directly to the Inverter as the Luxpower connects to my wifi.
I 3D printed the case using ABS filament using these files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3793664
I opted for a design with the 75mm vesa mount to allow me to mount it under my desk. Eventually I will remake the design to allow me to stack additional Pi's and create a cluster for Home Assistant, Pi Hole, possible a Pi NAS for media management, etc.
One of the down sides of printing with ABS is that if you don't use an enclosure to maintain a high temperature, the print begins to warp due to rapid cooling.
This is with a 100°C print bed and 235°C nozzle temperature, cooling fans off.
As I recently moved in, I've yet to setup my enclosure.
The enclosure traps heat in which allows the print to gradually cool, preventing the print from warping. To try and minimize this further, I printed the Pi case with a 10mm brim to give the case more surface area to stick to the print bed.
The panels are connected as 4 panels per string, 2 strings total.
No wires are touching the roof and fully covered in sprague.
The roof is not in an ideal direction though, facing ENE however I have noticed great output from the panels throughout the day.
There will unfortunately be some partial shading until around 09:45 in Summer on the 2nd string caused by my solar Geyser
